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Song of Solomon 8:8–9

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8We have a little sister,

and she dhas no breasts.

What shall we do for our sister

on the day when she is spoken for?

9If she is a wall,

we will build on her a battlement of silver,

but if she is a door,

we will enclose her with eboards of cedar.

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Cross references

  1. d[Ezek. 16:7]
  2. e[1 Kgs. 6:15]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

We have a little sister,

and her breasts are not yet grown.

What shall we do for our sister

on the day she is spoken for?

If she is a wall,

we will build towers of silver on her.

If she is a door,

we will enclose her with panels of cedar.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Our sister is young;

she has no breasts.

What will we do for our sister

on the day she is spoken for?

If she is a wall,

we will build a silver barricade on her.

If she is a door,

we will enclose her with cedar planks.

NLTNew Living Translation

We have a little sister

too young to have breasts.

What will we do for our sister

if someone asks to marry her?

If she is a virgin, like a wall,

we will protect her with a silver tower.

But if she is promiscuous, like a swinging door,

we will block her door with a cedar bar.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

We have a little sister,

and she does not yet have any breasts.

What should we do for our sister

on the day when she is betrothed?

If she is a wall,

we will adorn her with a turret of silver;

but if she is a door,

we will barricade her with boards of cedar.

KJV 1900King James Version

We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts:

What shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver:

And if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.